Investors seeking passive income prioritize not only yield but also dependable cash flows that can withstand economic and global instability. Energy infrastructure and shipping are particularly well-suited to deliver consistent returns and strategic advantages when global supply chains face challenges. The Global X MLP ETF (MLPA 0.49%), Equinor (EQNR +2.69%), and Flex LNG (FLNG 4.72%) offer excellent investment opportunities for passive-income-seeking investors. In addition, as I will shortly outline, they are all stocks with significant upside exposure to an ongoing closure of the Strait of Hormuz to commercial traffic. As such, they will suit investors seeking yield and some protection from the risk of a protracted conflict in the Persian Gulf. The Global X MLP ETF: Dividend yield 7.2% In theory, this exchange-traded fund (ETF) is agnostic to the price of energy (in this case, gas). In reality, it is somewhat different. The ETF invests in 20 master limited partnerships (MLPs) in the midstream and storage sector. While upstream energy companies (exploration and production) tend to be positively related to high energy prices, and downstream energy companies are negatively related (energy is their raw material cost), midstream (transportation and storage) companies are supposed to be neutral. The MLPs emphasise their long-term take-or-pay contracts, which create a reliable stream of income regardless of volume or gas pricing. This income certainty means MLPs can pay large dividends/distributions to investors, which is why the ETF has such a high yield. However, if there is a structural shift (possibly caused by an extended conflict or by structural damage to energy infrastructure in the Gulf), investment is highly likely to flow to North American energy assets. That could improve volumes and strengthen MLPs' negotiating position in their non-take-or-pay contracts, while benefiting from higher volumes under those contracts. Expand NYSEMKT : MLPA Global X Funds - Globa...

Key Points These three stocks have an average dividend yield of 7.3%. Geopolitical risk is rising, and investors need to consider protecting their portfolios with investments in energy stocks. 10 stocks we like better than Equinor Asa › Investors seeking passive income prioritize not only yield but also dependable cash flows that can withstand economic and global instability. Energy infrastructure and shipping are particularly well-suited to deliver consistent returns and strategic advantages when global supply chains face challenges. The Global X MLP ETF (NYSEMKT: MLPA), Equinor (NYSE: EQNR), and Flex LNG (NYSE: FLNG) offer excellent investment opportunities for passive-income-seeking investors. In addition, as I will shortly outline, they are all stocks with significant upside exposure to an ongoing closure of the Strait of Hormuz to commercial traffic. Will AI create the world's first trillionaire? Our team just released a report on the one little-known company, called an "Indispensable Monopoly" providing the critical technology Nvidia and Intel both need. Continue » As such, they will suit investors seeking yield and some protection from the risk of a protracted conflict in the Persian Gulf. The Global X MLP ETF: Dividend yield 7.2% In theory, this exchange-traded fund (ETF) is agnostic to the price of energy (in this case, gas). In reality, it is somewhat different. The ETF invests in 20 master limited partnerships (MLPs) in the midstream and storage sector. While upstream energy companies (exploration and production) tend to be positively related to high energy prices, and downstream energy companies are negatively related (energy is their raw material cost), midstream (transportation and storage) companies are supposed to be neutral. The MLPs emphasise their long-term take-or-pay contracts, which create a reliable stream of income regardless of volume or gas pricing. This income certainty means MLPs can pay large dividends/distributions to investors, which i...

Get insights on thousands of stocks from the global community of over 7 million individual investors at Simply Wall St. Xiaomi shares triggered by recent performance Xiaomi (SEHK:1810) has been drawing attention after a stretch of weaker share performance, with the stock showing negative returns over the past month, past 3 months and year, despite positive annual revenue and net income growth. See our latest analysis for Xiaomi. At the latest share price of HK$33.2, Xiaomi’s recent 8.59% one-day share price decline and 9.44% 30-day share price decline contrast with a much stronger 3-year total shareholder return of 166.88%, suggesting momentum has faded after earlier gains. If you are weighing Xiaomi against other opportunities in tech hardware and related themes, this can be a good time to widen the search and check out 35 AI infrastructure stocks So with Xiaomi delivering positive annual revenue and net income growth yet seeing recent share price weakness after a strong 3 year run, are you looking at an undervalued tech name here, or a market already pricing in future growth? Most Popular Narrative: 35.9% Undervalued According to the most followed narrative for Xiaomi, a fair value of HK$51.83 sits well above the recent HK$33.2 share price, putting a spotlight on what might be driving that gap. Xiaomi’s revenue could realistically reach a range of $80 to $100B by 2028, driven by: Read the complete narrative. Want to see what kind of growth, margins and future profit multiple underpin that HK$51.83 figure? The narrative leans on bold assumptions about EV traction, high margin services and a premium tilt in hardware that are all quantified behind the scenes. Result: Fair Value of HK$51.83 (UNDERVALUED) Have a read of the narrative in full and understand what's behind the forecasts. However, this story can break if EV investments drag on profitability longer than expected or if hardware margins stay thin, despite the broader product mix. Find out about the key risks ...

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Labour minister Al Carns has claimed thousands of pounds on parliamentary expenses for promotional videos including one showing him doing pull-ups at a fire station in competition with a firefighter. The veterans minister and former Royal Marine, who is tipped by some MPs as a leadership hopeful, claimed about £3,000, approved by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa), for the production of 17 videos that show him interacting with local businesses. In the series of films, Carns is shown chatting with fire officers and taking part in a “MP v firefighter pull up challenge”, as well as visiting a local brewery where he is filmed having a pint, saying: “It’s really important we in government help companies like this thrive.” Another video shows him at a museum about life in history, where he mentions he spent “weeks, if not months in the field in the marines where it was hard going being outside for that amount of time”. He is also shown handling armour, saying: “I’ve worn body armour my whole life – for 24 years.” Al Carns at Selly Manor Museum Overall, he claimed about £14,000 for the services of a PR consultant who has highlighted on LinkedIn her work with Carns and a videographer on a “series of short films shining a light on just some of the incredible work taking place across Al’s Birmingham Selly Oak constituency”. Carns said most of the PR consultant’s work and costs related to “day-to-day constituency office support, including administrative work, engagement with local organisations and outreach on behalf of constituents”. He said that his overall staff spending of £111,000 was “significantly below typical levels for MPs” and that the contractor had also been employed by his predecessor. Carns’s clips appear to be part of a trend of MPs using video more to communicate with the public, though it is not clear how many of them are claiming expenses to do so. Ipsa rules state that MPs may only access funding for costs they or their staff incur as ...

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An anonymous Substack post published this week accuses compliance startup Delve of “falsely” convincing “hundreds of customers they were compliant” with privacy and security regulations, potentially exposing those customers to “criminal liability under HIPAA and hefty fines under GDPR.” Delve is a Y Combinator-backed startup that last year announced raising a $32 million Series A at a $300 million valuation. (The round was led by Insight Partners.) On Friday, the startup attempted to refute the accusations with on its blog, calling the Substack post “misleading” and saying it “contains a number of inaccurate claims.” The Substack post is credited to “DeepDelver,” who described themselves as working at a (now former) Delve client. DeepDelver recounted receiving an email in December claiming the startup had “leaked a spreadsheet with confidential client reports.” While Delve CEO Karun Kaushik apparently assured customers in a subsequent email that they were in compliance and that no external party gained access to sensitive data, DeepDelver said they and other customers had become suspicious. “Having the shared experience of being underwhelmed with the Delve experience, and having the overall sense that something fishy was going on, we decided to pool resources and investigate together,” they wrote. Their conclusion? That Delve “achieves its claim of being the fastest platform by producing fake evidence, generating auditor conclusions on behalf of certification mills that rubber stamp reports, and skipping major framework requirements while telling clients they have achieved 100% compliance.” DeepDelver went into considerable detail about those claims, accusing the startup of providing customers with “fabricated evidence of board meetings, tests, and processes that never happened,” then forcing those customers to “choose between adopting fake evidence or performing mostly manual work with little real automation or AI.” Techcrunch event Disrupt 2026: The tech ecosystem...

Less than a week ago, Apple announced the forthcoming AirPods Max 2 , a pair of over-ear headphones that leverage the company’s H2 chip for AI-powered live translation, conversation awareness, and a host of newer features. However, if you’re okay with a pair of earbuds , the AirPods Pro 3 offer access to all the same features for less — especially given they’re currently on sale at Amazon , Walmart , and Best Buy for $199.99 ($50 off), matching their second-best price to date. AirPods Pro 3 Where to Buy: $249.99 $199.99 at Best Buy $249 $199.99 at Amazon $249 $199.99 at Walmart For iPhone owners, nothing else really compares to the AirPods Pro 3. Apple’s latest pair of premium earbuds deliver the best active noise cancellation and richest sound of any AirPods model to date, combined with a more comfortable, angled design that fits securely and naturally in your ear canal. They also feature a new XXS ear tip size and a more robust IP57 rating for sweat and water resistance, making them better suited for long-distance runs and various gym activities. Speaking of workouts, the Pro 3 can also pull double duty as a fitness tracker, thanks to a built-in heart rate sensor that works with Apple’s Fitness app to track calories burned across more than 50 workout types. It’s a welcome addition if you don’t use an Apple Watch; however, it may not be as useful for those who already own and rely on Apple’s wearable for its health tracking and wellness features. Lastly, as mentioned up top, the AirPods Pro 3 also boast an H2 chip, allowing for the aforementioned real-time translation features and Apple’s newer Voice Isolation tech, which uses machine learning to isolate and enhance voice quality by removing unwanted background noise. That’s on top of their seamless integration with other Apple devices, mind you, which lets you take advantage of automatic device switching and a Find My-compatible charging case. Read our full AirPods Pro 3 review . Other AirPods deals AirPods 4 Wher...

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) CEO Satya Nadella announced a sweeping reorganization of the company's AI leadership on March 17, unifying its consumer and enterprise Copilot teams under a single executive and quietly sidelining Mustafa Suleyman — the former DeepMind co-founder he paid $650 million to bring aboard just two years ago. (1) Here’s the stunning data showing why. Must Read What happened Jacob Andreou, a former Snap executive who spent eight years helping scale the social platform, has been promoted to executive vice president of Copilot, reporting directly to Nadella. He'll lead a unified organization spanning both consumer and business products — two divisions that were previously housed in separate groups. Suleyman, who arrived at Microsoft through the $650 million Inflection AI acquisition in March 2024, is being redirected to focus on "superintelligence" — building the next generation of frontier AI models (2). It's a narrowing of his mandate that removes him from the product he was hired to make successful — and parks him in a role where the deliverables are measured in years, not quarters. Copilot sits at roughly 6 million daily active users by early March 2026, behind both ChatGPT and Anthropic's Claude, which had reached approximately 9 million according to Sensor Tower data cited by CNBC (2). The adoption problem Microsoft 365 has more than 450 million paid commercial seats. After roughly two years on the market, Copilot has converted approximately 15 million of them into paying users. That's a 3.3% conversion rate, at $30 per user per month, generating roughly $5.4 billion in annual revenue. That's less than what Microsoft spent on infrastructure in a single quarter (3). Microsoft itself touted that figure during its Q2 FY2026 earnings call, noting that seat growth was up more than 160% year-over-year. But the vast majority of M365 users have access to Copilot's basic chat features for free. The premium paid base remains thin. Independent research tell...

When most people think about where to retire, they fixate on one thing -- such as taxes, weather, or housing costs -- and build a ranking from there. Optimizing for one factor usually means giving something up somewhere else. A state with no income tax might have sky-high insurance costs. The best weather might come with the worst affordability. The cheapest housing might mean limited access to quality healthcare. That's what makes The Motley Fool's approach useful. Rather than ranking states on a single metric, they scored all 50 across seven weighted categories, based on what 2,000 surveyed retirees said actually matters to them: Quality of life (31%) Healthcare access and quality (15%) Housing affordability (13%) Crime and safety (12%) Weather and climate (12%) State and local taxes (11%) Non-housing affordability (6%) Quality of life alone carries nearly a third of the total score, so states that are cheap but offer little else get penalized. Here are the best retirement states, according to research from the Motley Fool. Let's start with a four-way tie for the No. 5 spot. 5. (tie) Pennsylvania Total retirement score: 58 Pennsylvania offers one of the best cost-of-living scores -- 94 -- with decent costs of housing and crime scores -- 83 and 63, respectively. For history buffs, Pennsylvania is hard to beat. 5. (tie) Ohio Total retirement score: 58 Ohio has the best cost-of-living score on this list -- 96 -- and the best cost of housing -- 90. The larger cities provide access to great hospitals like the Cleveland Clinic. 5. (tie) Minnesota Total retirement score: 58 The best healthcare score of these top picks goes to Minnesota -- 92 -- anchored by the Mayo Clinic. It has world-class cultural institutions like the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis and access to phenomenal outdoor beauty. 5. (tie) Wisconsin Total retirement score: 58 Wisconsin scores high in affordability, with cost of living at 85, housing at 77, and healthcare also at 77. And the state is extremely...

Right now, XRP (XRP +0.00%) is only a $1 crypto. But that could change much sooner than many people expect, thanks to the global financial system's embrace of blockchain technology. Within a span of just five years, XRP could be a $20 crypto. If you're willing to take on the risk of investing in a highly volatile altcoin, you might see a 20x return on your investment by 2030. A valuation model for XRP One popular XRP valuation model is known as a "transaction velocity model." It looks at the total volume of global cross-border payments, makes a few quick assumptions about XRP's ability to take on a greater share of that cross-border payment flow, and then comes up with a final price for XRP based on liquidity trends and overall market demand. Let's start with the basic assumptions. Right now, SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication) handles approximately $150 trillion in cross-border payments annually. Let's assume that the XRP blockchain is able to handle 14% of that total, or approximately $21 trillion annually. That's based on projections from Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse, who has delivered several bullish updates on XRP's future growth trajectory. Let's also assume that each XRP token can be reused multiple times per day in order to provide liquidity (that's the "velocity" part of the model), and that the total circulating supply of XRP remains steady at 61 billion. Once you plug all those assumptions into a mathematical model, that works out to a future price of $20 for XRP. If you tweak the assumptions, you can arrive at an even higher price for XRP. New Ripple partnerships However, can XRP really capture 14% of SWIFT's annual cross-border payment flows? That seems like a big ask. To help make that happen, Ripple (the company behind the XRP crypto token) has spent over $3 billion on blockchain and crypto-related transactions since 2023. The goal here is to create a total end-to-end blockchain infrastructure for handling global paymen...

Iraqi Kurds mark Nowruz, celebrating light over darkness toggle caption Claire Harbage/NPR AKRE, Kurdistan Region of Iraq — For many people, the vernal equinox — which marked the beginning of spring Friday — is just another date on the calendar. But in Iran, it's celebrated as the Persian new year, known as Nowruz. In the Kurdish regions of the Middle East, Nowruz celebrations are a fundamental expression of Kurdish identity. Today there are more than 30 million Kurds in a contiguous area in Iraq, Iran, Syria and Turkey divided by external borders and historic internal differences. The ancient town of Akre, nestled against craggy mountains in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, has been the focal point for Nowruz celebrations for decades. toggle caption Claire Harbage/NPR toggle caption Claire Harbage/NPR Here, Kurds gather to light flaming torches at sunset, carrying them up the mountainside to symbolize the victory of light over darkness. The women wear flowing, sparkly Kurdish dresses that look as if they came out of a medieval painting. Many of the men are dressed in traditional baggy trousers with woven cummerbunds — cotton sashes worn around their waists. Sponsor Message On Friday, hundreds of Kurds carried flames in a procession up the mountain under purple-black storm clouds, leaving the burning burlap torches lighting the darkness next to a giant Kurdish flag unfurled by the path. toggle caption Claire Harbage/NPR toggle caption Claire Harbage/NPR The torches reference a story in Kurdish mythology in which a courageous blacksmith assembles an army of villagers and kills a murderous king — signaling with the mountain-top flames that the Kurds are free. This year, they also spelled out in flames the numbers two and one — referencing a saying that "two plus two equals one" — meaning the Kurdish regions across four different countries together form one united Kurdistan. toggle caption Claire Harbage/NPR toggle caption Claire Harbage/NPR Traditionally chilly relations...

Senate To Work Through Weekend Debating SAVE America Act Authored by Nathan Worcester via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), WASHINGTON— The Senate will hold a weekend session as it debates the SAVE America Act, a bill that would require citizenship verification and photo identification in federal elections. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.), joined by other Senate Republicans, speaks to reporters as the government is on verge of shutdown amid partisan standoff, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 30, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times President Donald Trump, who strongly backs the SAVE America Act, has called on lawmakers to add provisions banning men from women’s sports, outlawing gender-altering surgery in minors, and restricting mail-in voting. The legislation made it out of the House on Feb. 11, where it was backed by Republicans and opposed by almost all Democrats. The Senate initiated debate on March 17, less than two weeks ahead of a scheduled recess. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) has opposed what some call the standing filibuster, citing misgivings from many of his GOP Senate colleagues about an approach that could, in theory, exhaust a filibuster of the SAVE America Act. Senate Republicans are continuing a debate on the act even as they stare down the 60-vote filibuster threshold, a significant barrier given the current party breakdown in the upper chamber. As the debate kicked off, Thune told reporters , “How it ends remains to be seen.” “ There will be a point at which it will end, and there will be a series of votes that come with that ,” he said. Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) told reporters on March 20 that he would be glad to see the Senate stick around to debate the Iran War, but not because of the SAVE America Act, which he described as legislation that “everybody knows is not going to pass.” Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), lead sponsor of the SAVE America Act, doubled down on his commitment to the measure. “The SAVE America Act will p...

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Key Points Credo powers AI data center connectivity, solving critical GPU communication bottlenecks. The company is positioned to take advantage of an 800-gigabyte to 1.6-terabyte upgrade cycle with strong product momentum. 10 stocks we like better than Credo Technology Group › Most investors with $1,000 available to buy stocks are chasing artificial intelligence (AI) exposure for their portfolios, and keep following the same handful of names. It's an understandable plan of action. It's the comfortable thing to do. But the next 10-bagger isn't likely to come from a company everyone already owns. You need to take the chase off the beaten path if you want strong, long-term returns. I've been exploring the path that focuses on the connectivity layer of AI infrastructure, and the company I keep coming back to here is Credo Technology Group (NASDAQ: CRDO). Most people have probably never heard of Credo until this month, which is exactly why it might have 10-bagger potential. Will AI create the world's first trillionaire? Our team just released a report on the one little-known company, called an "Indispensable Monopoly" providing the critical technology Nvidia and Intel both need. Continue » On Tuesday, March 3, shares of Credo dropped sharply after earnings. The stock fell by more than 15% following the report's release, even as the company unveiled a slate of new products aimed directly at AI data center networks. Those announcements included Cardinal, a low-power 1.6T optical DSP built for massive-scale AI infrastructure; Robin, an 800G optical DSP for next-gen AI workloads; and a new line of 800G ZeroFlap optical transceivers. Credo makes high-speed interconnects that let the all-important graphics processing units (GPUs), which are the basis of most data centers, communicate between servers. Specifically, its Active Electrical Cables (AECs) and optical transceivers handle data movement at speeds up to 1.6 terabits per second. This is the kind of throughput that Nvidi...

Key Points Coca-Cola’s Middle East business could struggle with slower demand and higher prices. But it should overcome those challenges and remain a resilient safe-haven stock. 10 stocks we like better than Coca-Cola › Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO), the world's largest beverage maker, is often considered an evergreen stock. Over the past few decades, it's expanded its portfolio to include more brands of fruit juices, teas, bottled water, sports drinks, energy drinks, coffee, and even alcoholic beverages to offset declining soda consumption rates. It's also refreshed its sodas with new flavors, healthier versions, and smaller serving sizes to reach more consumers. Coca-Cola only sells syrups and concentrates for those drinks, while its independent bottling partners actually produce and sell the finished products. That capital-light model enables the company to generate ample cash to pay consistent dividends. Will AI create the world's first trillionaire? Our team just released a report on the one little-known company, called an "Indispensable Monopoly" providing the critical technology Nvidia and Intel both need. Continue » Coca-Cola has raised its dividend annually for 63 consecutive years, making it a Dividend King that has increased its payout for at least 50 years in a row. That streak indicates it can keep growing even as recessions, wars, and other macro headwinds rattle the global economy. So is Coca-Cola still a safe stock to own even as the Iran War intensifies and disrupts its shipments through the Strait of Hormuz? Let's review the three ways the crisis could affect Coca-Cola -- and if they'll make it a less appealing investment. 1. Its production costs will rise About a fifth of the global oil supply passes through the Strait of Hormuz. The Iran War is throttling those deliveries and driving up oil prices worldwide, which in turn are raising manufacturing, packaging, and transportation costs for Coca-Cola and its bottling partners. Coca-Cola's supply chain won't ...

There are three changes for Chelsea. Malo Gusto , Wesley Fofana and Romeo Lavia come in for Trevor Chalobah, who is injured, Malang Sarr and Andrey Santos. It’s only Lavia’s second Premier League start this season. David Moyes makes one change to the Everton side that played well in defeat at the Emirates a week ago: Joey O’Brien replaces Tim Iroegbunam, with James Garner moving into midfield. Hello and welcome to live coverage of Everton v Chelsea at Hill Dickinson Stadium. Chelsea urgently need to get back on a horse, any horse: they’ve taken only five points from the last five Premier League games and were eviscerated by Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League. Everton continue to overachieve quietly – as they have all season, as David Moyes has for most of his career – and are aiming to win back-to-back Premier League games at their new stadium for the first time. They’re already in with a chance of European football next season; if they win tonight, they’ll be in with a shout of a Champions League place. Kick off 5.30pm.

If Khadija Shaw is on your team, you have a very good chance of winning. She's that good, her Manchester City team-mate Sam Coffey felt like she was "watching a video game" with Shaw the star of the show. "I said earlier that I feel like I'm playing Fifa. You can score three goals like that in 20 minutes?" the bewildered US international said after their emphatic 5-2 win over Spurs. It was actually three goals in 13 minutes - the fastest hat-trick in Women's Super League history - and City fans are so desperate to keep Shaw at the club that, each time she scored, they chanted "sign her up" on repeat. The Jamaica international's contract is due to expire in the summer and, while City have held positive discussions over a renewal, the wait is agonising for supporters. Will she sign a new deal? Manager Andree Jeglertz says he "hopes so" but for now, he is enjoying working with her and it's easy to see why. "She is a very important player. Hopefully [she will sign], but we will see," said Jeglertz. "We talk about the goals but you can also see how she's defending, how she's pressing and setting up other players. "That shows something about her that she has developed since the beginning of the season and what she wants to bring to the team. It's not just scoring."

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Key Points At the end of 2024, Archer Aviation said it would produce up to 10 of its Midnight aircraft in 2025. The company hasn't updated its production numbers, suggesting that it fell far short of that goal. 10 stocks we like better than Archer Aviation › Archer Aviation (NYSE: ACHR) is building a business around a small, vertical-lift aircraft that can be used as an air taxi. It is an exciting development in the aerospace industry because it would open up a whole new type of travel. However, Archer Aviation's lofty production goals seem to have fallen by the wayside, highlighting key headwinds the company faces. Here are some things you need to consider about the aerospace start-up. Archer Aviation made a bold production projection In the first quarter of 2024, Archer Aviation stated that it intended to build six of its Midnight aircraft. There was no date attached to the goal. At the end of 2024, the company increased that target, stating that it would produce "up to 10" midnight aircraft in 2025. In the middle of 2025 the company stated that it was concurrently working on six of its aircraft. By the end of 2025, Archer Aviation didn't mention the number of aircraft it had completed, though it had delivered at least one Midnight to Abu Dhabi for testing and potentially added a second to its "fleet." Will AI create the world's first trillionaire? Our team just released a report on the one little-known company, called an "Indispensable Monopoly" providing the critical technology Nvidia and Intel both need. Continue » Basically, Archer Aviation set a target and then stopped talking about that target. This hints strongly that the company didn't produce as many of its Midnight aircraft as planned. That's not good, but it also isn't surprising. The aerospace industry is technically complex, capital-intensive, and highly regulated. Three big headwinds for Archer Those are actually the three biggest headwinds Archer faces as the start-up looks to break into the aerospa...

Key Points Most ETF investors want to maximize returns. However, for those seeking income from their portfolios, sometimes giving up some performance in exchange for cash payments and less volatility can be a good tradeoff. This Vanguard ETF hasn't kept up with the S&P 500 but has still delivered strong returns. 10 stocks we like better than Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF › For those looking to invest in exchange-traded funds, the sheer number of different choices can be intimidating. For the most part, investors choose ETFs based on which fund is most likely to deliver the best returns. But because there are so many different categories of ETFs to choose from, investors who have a particular goal in mind might sometimes pick funds that don't maximize total return but instead have other attractive features. Dividend investing is a good case in point. Investors who emphasize stocks that can generate income that they pay out to shareholders through dividends aren't always looking for the top-growth candidate. Instead, a history of reliable business performance that supports predictable payouts to investors can be the most attractive attribute for such a stock. The Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (NYSEMKT: VIG) seeks to identify the best such dividend stocks, and in this second in a three-part series of articles on the Vanguard ETF for the Voyager Portfolio, you'll learn more about how the fund has performed strongly even though it hasn't been able to keep up with broader indexes like the S&P 500. Will AI create the world's first trillionaire? Our team just released a report on the one little-known company, called an "Indispensable Monopoly" providing the critical technology Nvidia and Intel both need. Continue » A smoother ride When you look at the returns of the Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF and compare them to broader market indexes, a pattern emerges. The ETF's relative performance has been substandard during extremely strong years for the market. For i...

When Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang took the stage for his annual GTC keynote on Monday, the $4-trillion-dollar company’s stock started to drop. Wall Street investors, it seems, were unmoved by the leather jacket-clad founder’s bullish 2.5-hour speech. Instead, they placed more weight on AI’s uncertain future and fears of a bubble. The nervousness felt by Wall Street couldn’t be more different than the buzzy atmosphere in Silicon Valley, where confidence, not uncertainty abounds. Huang talked for more than two hours about the company’s latest innovations, from new video game graphics tech and updated networking infrastructure to autonomous vehicle deals and a new chip designed with Groq to accelerate AI inference in the Vera Rubin system. He also threw out some eye-watering numbers about Nvidia’s business and beyond. Huang called the AI agent ecosystem a $35 trillion market and the physical AI and robotics industry a $50 trillion market. Huang also said he expects to see $1 trillion worth of purchase orders for the company’s Blackwell and Vera Rubin chips — just two of Nvidia’s many products — by the end of 2027. Shouldn’t that make investors excited? It’s not surprising that they aren’t, Futurum CEO Daniel Neuman told TechCrunch. A great new uncertainty “[AI] is so good, so transformational, and moving so fast that we don’t actually understand what it’s going to mean for all the things that are the societal constructs that we’ve come to understand,” Neuman said. “The markets hate uncertainty. The speed of innovation has actually created a great new uncertainty that I think most people never expected.” Some of that uncertainty comes from misleading information coming out of the market, Neuman said, who added that headlines about low enterprise adoption of AI aren’t painting the full picture — at least, based on conversations he’s having. Techcrunch event Disrupt 2026: The tech ecosystem, all in one room Your next round. Your next hire. Your next breakout opportunity. Find ...

When Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang took the stage for his annual GTC keynote on Monday, the $4-trillion-dollar company’s stock started to drop. Wall Street investors, it seems, were unmoved by the leather jacket-clad founder’s bullish 2.5-hour speech. Instead, they placed more weight on AI’s uncertain future and fears of a bubble. The nervousness felt by Wall Street couldn’t be more different than the buzzy atmosphere in Silicon Valley, where confidence, not uncertainty abounds. Huang talked for more than two hours about the company’s latest innovations, from new video game graphics tech and updated networking infrastructure to autonomous vehicle deals and a new chip designed with Groq to accelerate AI inference in the Vera Rubin system. He also threw out some eye-watering numbers about Nvidia’s business and beyond. Huang called the AI agent ecosystem a $35 trillion market and the physical AI and robotics industry a $50 trillion market. Huang also said he expects to see $1 trillion worth of purchase orders for the company’s Blackwell and Vera Rubin chips — just two of Nvidia’s many products — by the end of 2027. Shouldn’t that make investors excited? It’s not surprising that they aren’t, Futurum CEO Daniel Neuman told TechCrunch. A great new uncertainty “[AI] is so good, so transformational, and moving so fast that we don’t actually understand what it’s going to mean for all the things that are the societal constructs that we’ve come to understand,” Neuman said. “The markets hate uncertainty. The speed of innovation has actually created a great new uncertainty that I think most people never expected.” Some of that uncertainty comes from misleading information coming out of the market, Neuman said, who added that headlines about low enterprise adoption of AI aren’t painting the full picture — at least, based on conversations he’s having. “Enterprise AI adoption is going to hit inflection and scale very quickly,” Neuman said. “I actually think it’s happening. When you say i...

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